eire
German
Middle English
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin herī (“yesterday”), from Proto-Italic *hezī, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-. Cognate with Old Spanish eri and Old French ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈej.ɾe/
Adverb
eire
- yesterday
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Juião Bolseiro, B 1166: Da noite d'eire poderan fazer (facsimile)
- E poys meu eyre sẽlheira deitey / A noyte foy e uẽo e durou
- And yesterday when I laid me down, alone, the night came and wore slowly on.
- E poys meu eyre sẽlheira deitey / A noyte foy e uẽo e durou
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Juião Bolseiro, B 1166: Da noite d'eire poderan fazer (facsimile)
Synonyms
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